Dolly Rebecca Parton
Dolly Rebecca Parton was born on the
19th of January 1946 in Pittman Center, Tennessee and raised in Sevierville,
Tennessee to Avie Lee Parton, who was a housewife and Robert Lee Parton, a
tobacco farmer. When she was 12 she was already on Knoxville TV. At 13 she was
already recording for a small record label and singing at Grand Ole Opry. She
relocated to Nashville in 1964 to begin her country music career after she
graduated from high school. Carl Dean, an asphalt-paving businessman, was drawn
to her, and they were married on May 30, 1966. Porter Wagoner saw her singing
and hired her to appear on The Porter Wagoner Show (1961). She stayed with the
show for seven years. Their duets gained fame and she was a part of his band at
the Grand Ole Opry; she also sold and toured records. When her hit single from
1970 "Joshua" hit #1, her fame was just too high to compete with the
fame of his. In 1974, she toured alone and recorded duets alongside his. He was
gone and she was a solo performer in 1974. Dolly was a massive success as a
songwriter/singer. Dolly has won many Country Music Association awards (1968,
1970, 1971, 1975, 1976). The diminutive (5'0") beauty was a perfect fit
for television. In the mid-1970s, Dolly was frequently appearing on talk shows,
and even before receiving her own Dolly (1976). Dolly got her first Grammy
award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance in 1977 for "Here You Come
Again". Dolly made her film debut in the film 9 to 5, the year 1980. She
received nominations for an Oscar for the song that was the title and also for
Grammy Awards 2/3: Best Country Song and Best Female Country Vocal Performance.
Further fame was earned through her roles in The Best Little Whorehouse in
Texas (1982), as along with Rhinestone (1984) and Rhinestone (1984), with the
track "Tennessee Homesick Blues". Dolly Parton Enterprises is her
media empire, worth $100 million. In 1986, she created Dollywood which is a
Tennessee theme park located in Pigeon Forge. This was to honor her Smoky
Mountain childhood. In the 1987 television show Dolly, she starred as herself.
In 1988 she was awarded another Grammy: Best Country Performance Duo or Group
with Vocals, for "Trio".
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